The Looming Supreme Court Cases That Could Sway the 2024 Election
Supreme Court returns on October 2 for a new term that may bring landmark decisions on abortion and transgender rights ahead of the 2024 presidential election.Since Roe v.
Wade was overturned in June, 2022, the court's sharply divided opinion on abortion is likely to remain a major public focus in the next year.The judges are set to decide on the availability of the abortion pill, mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all American abortions.
With more than 600,000 abortions in America per year, mifepristone is used in over 300,000 of them—highlighting the high stakes in the Supreme Court decision.The court's new term lasts until the first Monday in October, 2024.
As it generally releases the majority of its decisions in mid-June, its rulings will be very much alive for voters in the run up to the election in November, 2024.Danco Laboratories, the maker of Mifeprex, the branded name of mifepristone, petitioned the court this month to review a lower court's limits on distributing mifepristone.
